aromatic compounds

...to molecules that contain a functional group composed of three pairs of doubly bonded atoms (usually all carbon atoms) bonded together in the shape of a regular planar (flat) hexagon. The hexagonal ring is usually drawn with an alternating sequence of single and double bonds. The molecule benzene, C
6H
6, first discovered by English physicist and chemist Michael Faraday in...

aryl halides

Treatment of a compound that contains an
aromatic ring with chlorine or bromine in the presence of a catalyst, typically iron (Fe) or an iron(III) halide (FeX
3), brings about electrophilic aromatic substitution of one of the ring hydrogen atoms by the halogen.